1980 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1980.
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[edit] Events
[edit] January events
- January 23 - Western Pacific Railroad president R. G. "Mike" Flannery announces that an agreement has been reached for the railroad to be controlled by Union Pacific Railroad.[1]
- January - Amtrak re-equips the Empire Builder, making it the first train to use all Superliner equipment.
[edit] February events
- February 20 - Canadian Pacific Railway officially abandons its Eganville subdivision, including tracks between Payne and Douglas, Ontario.[2]
[edit] March events
- March 1 - The Milwaukee Road ends operations on all points west of Miles City, Montana, shutting down nearly half of the railroad.
- March 31 - The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (the Rock Island) ceases operations.
[edit] May events
- May - Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority extends passenger service to Concord, New Hampshire.
- May - The Interstate Commerce Commission approves the liquidation of the Rock Island Railroad; at 7,073 track miles covering 13 states, it is the largest such action in United States history.
[edit] June events
- June 1 - A new rail link opens between the city of Zürich and Zürich International Airport
[edit] July events
- July 25 - Two trains collide on a single track between Groningen and Roodeschool, near Winsum, The Netherlands, resulting in 9 deaths and 21 injured.
[edit] August events
[edit] October events
- October 14 - U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs the Staggers Rail Act into law, significantly deregulating the American railroad industry.
[edit] November events
- November 21 - The Burlington Northern Railroad acquires the St. Louis - San Francisco Railway.
- November - The first test runs of the Joetsu Shinkansen between Tokyo and Niigata are operated.
[edit] Unknown date events
- The Chessie System and Seaboard System Railroad merge to form CSX Transportation.
- Now owning a 98.34% control of the Cotton Belt Railroad, the Southern Pacific Railroad extends the Cotton Belt to Chicago, Illinois, through acquisition of the former Rock Island Railroad.
- The last train operates over the elevated freight "High Line" in New York City.
- Guilford Transportation Industries is formed to become a holding company for several smaller railroads of New England.
- After a complete system overhaul, the Glasgow Subway is reopened.
- L. Stanley Crane is succeeded by Harold H. Hall as president of the Southern Railway.
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[edit] Deaths
[edit] References
- Norfolk Southern Railway. Retrieved February 22, 2005.
- (May 2005), Trains Timetable, Trains Magazine, p. 14.
- Handbook of Texas Online. "BURLINGTON SYSTEM". Retrieved 26 May 2005.
- ^ Feather River Rail Society/Western Pacific Railroad Historical Society (2002), Western Pacific History. Retrieved January 23, 2006.
- ^ Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (February 17, 2006), Significant dates in Ottawa railway history. Retrieved February 20, 2006.
